PreviewLiverpool v Fulham stats: Previous history, Arbeloa's return and Jacquet's duel dominance
The second of three consecutive home matches for the Reds sees the Cottagers travel north for a 3pm BST kick-off at Anfield.
Below is a selection of trivia relating to the game, provided by Opta and club statistician Ged Rea…
If Liverpool score exactly twice in this match, it will be the first time in their history that they have done so in each of the opening four league fixtures of a campaign.
This will be Fulham boss Alvaro Arbeloa's first Premier League game against the Reds, for whom he played 66 times in the competition.
Ex-Premier League players for the Reds have lost all five of their managerial meetings with them in the competition: Paul Ince (with Blackburn Rovers in December 2008), Mauricio Pellegrino (twice with Southampton in 2017-18) and Steven Gerrard (twice with Aston Villa in 2021-22).
Jeremy Jacquet has won 18 of his 25 duels in the Premier League so far this season (72 per cent – only James Tarkowski has a higher success rate over a minimum of 20 duels). Jacquet is also fifth overall for line-breaking passes into the final third.
Alexander Isak will be aiming to score in a third league match in succession for the first time since January 2025, when he did so in a sequence of eight.
Rio Ngumoha netted his first goal at Anfield in the corresponding meeting with the Cottagers in April.
Liverpool have only lost two of 33 previous home league games against Fulham (won 23, drew eight) – 1-0 defeats in May 2012 and March 2021.
Since completing a double over the Reds in 2011-12, Fulham have won just two of the 16 Premier League meetings (drew four, lost 10).
Liverpool have drawn each of their last three top-flight games at Anfield. They last had a longer winless run at home in the league between December 2020 and March 2021 (drew two, lost six).
The Reds have not drawn four Premier League home matches on the bounce since November 2011.
Fulham have lost all three of their top-flight games so far this season. They have lost their four opening fixtures of a campaign only twice (in 1951-52 and 2020-21).
The Cottagers have won just one of their 11 away Premier League matches in 2026 (drew four, lost six), with that victory coming at Sunderland in February.
